Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen share the record for the most PGA Championship victories with five wins each. Hagen won his five titles between 1921 and 1927, including four consecutive wins from 1924 to 1927 during the match-play era. Nicklaus captured his five Wanamaker Trophies between 1963 and 1980 in the stroke-play format. Tiger Woods sits third on the all-time list with five PGA Championship wins as well. Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion after winning the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club by five strokes over Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, and Davis Riley. Below you will find every winner of the PGA Championship from 1916 through today, along with notable records and tournament history.
PGA Championship Key Records
- Most wins: Jack Nicklaus (5), Walter Hagen (5), and Tiger Woods (5) are tied for the most PGA Championship victories of all time.
- Most consecutive wins: Walter Hagen won four straight PGA Championships from 1924 to 1927, all decided by match play. No other golfer has matched that streak in any major.
- Oldest winner: Julius Boros was 48 years, 4 months, and 18 days old when he won the 1968 PGA Championship at Pecan Valley Country Club in San Antonio, making him the oldest major champion in history at the time.
- Youngest winner: Gene Sarazen was just 20 years old when he won the 1922 PGA Championship at Oakmont Country Club, making him the youngest PGA Championship winner ever.
- Match play to stroke play: The PGA Championship used a match-play format from 1916 through 1957. In 1958, the tournament switched to 72-hole stroke play. Dow Finsterwald won the first stroke-play PGA Championship that year at Llanerch Country Club.
- Largest margin of victory (stroke play): Rory McIlroy won the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island by eight strokes, the largest margin in the stroke-play era.
- Notable first-time major winners: John Daly entered the 1991 PGA Championship as the ninth alternate and won, one of the most unlikely major victories in golf history. Keegan Bradley won the 2011 edition in his first-ever major start.
- Recent dominant performances: Scottie Scheffler won the 2025 PGA Championship by five strokes, the largest winning margin since Rory McIlroy's eight-stroke victory in 2012. Brooks Koepka claimed his third PGA Championship and fifth major overall in 2023, and Xander Schauffele captured his first major title at the 2024 edition.
About the PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is one of professional golf's four major championships, organized and run by the PGA of America. It was first played in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, New York, where Jim Barnes defeated Jock Hutchison in the final. The tournament was not held in 1917 or 1918 due to World War I, but it has been played every year since 1919.
For most of its history, the PGA Championship was the final major of the golf calendar, typically played in August. The tournament earned the unofficial tagline "Glory's Last Shot" because it represented a golfer's last chance to win a major each season. In 2019, the PGA of America moved the championship to May, making it the second major of the year after the Masters. The move was designed to avoid conflicts with the NFL and the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Unlike the other three majors, which are held at a small rotation of courses, the PGA Championship travels to a wider variety of venues across the United States. Iconic host courses include Southern Hills Country Club, Baltusrol Golf Club, Valhalla Golf Club, Oak Hill Country Club, and Whistling Straits. The winner receives the Wanamaker Trophy, named after Rodman Wanamaker, the Philadelphia department store magnate who helped organize the first PGA Championship in 1916.
| Year | Winner | Country | Course |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | Quail Hollow Club |
| 2024 | Xander Schauffele | USA | Valhalla Golf Club |
| 2023 | Brooks Koepka | USA | Oak Hill Country Club |
| 2022 | Collin Morikawa | USA | Southern Hills Country Club |
| 2021 | Phil Mickelson | USA | Kiawah Island Resort |
| 2020 | Collin Morikawa | USA | TPC Harding Park |
| 2019 | Brooks Koepka | USA | Bethpage Black Course |
| 2018 | Brooks Koepka | USA | Bellerive Country Club |
| 2017 | Justin Thomas | USA | Quail Hollow Club |
| 2016 | Jimmy Walker | USA | Baltusrol Golf Club |
| 2015 | Jason Day | Australia | Whistling Straits |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | Valhalla Golf Club |
| 2013 | Jason Dufner | USA | Oak Hill Country Club |
| 2012 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | Kiawah Island Golf Resort |
| 2011 | Keegan Bradley | USA | Atlanta Athletic Club |
| 2010 | Martin Kaymer | Germany | Whistling Straits |
| 2009 | Yang Yong-eun (Y.E. Yang) | South Korea | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
| 2008 | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | Oakland Hills Country Club |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | USA | Southern Hills Country Club |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods | USA | Medinah Country Club |
| 2005 | Phil Mickelson | USA | Baltusrol Golf Club |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | Whistling Straits |
| 2003 | Shaun Micheel | USA | Oak Hill Country Club |
| 2002 | Rich Beem | USA | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
| 2001 | David Toms | USA | Atlanta Athletic Club |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | USA | Valhalla Golf Club |
| 1999 | Tiger Woods | USA | Medinah Country Club |
| 1998 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | Sahalee Country Club |
| 1997 | Davis Love III | USA | Winged Foot Golf Club |
| 1996 | Mark Brooks | USA | Valhalla Golf Club |
| 1995 | Steve Elkington | Australia | Riviera Country Club |
| 1994 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | Southern Hills Country Club |
| 1993 | Paul Azinger | USA | Inverness Club |
| 1992 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | Bellerive Country Club |
| 1991 | John Daly | USA | Crooked Stick Golf Club |
| 1990 | Wayne Grady | Australia | Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club |
| 1989 | Payne Stewart | USA | Kemper Lakes Golf Club |
| 1988 | Jeff Sluman | USA | Oak Tree Golf Club |
| 1987 | Larry Nelson | USA | PGA National Golf Club |
| 1986 | Bob Tway | USA | Inverness Club |
| 1985 | Hubert Green | United States | Cherry Hills Country Club |
| 1984 | Lee Trevino | United States | Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club |
| 1983 | Hal Sutton | United States | Riviera Country Club |
| 1982 | Raymond Floyd | United States | Southern Hills Country Club |
| 1981 | Larry Nelson | United States | Atlanta Athletic Club |
| 1980 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | Oak Hill Country Club |
| 1979 | David Graham | Australia | Oakmont Country Club |
| 1978 | John Mahaffey | United States | Oakmont Country Club |
| 1977 | Lou Graham | United States | Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1976 | Dave Stockton | United States | Congressional Country Club |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | Firestone Country Club |
| 1974 | Lee Trevino | United States | Tanglewood Park |
| 1973 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | Canterbury Golf Club |
| 1972 | Gary Player | South Africa | Oakland Hills Country Club |
| 1971 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | Bellerive Country Club |
| 1970 | Dave Stockton | United States | Southern Hills Country Club |
| 1969 | Raymond Floyd | United States | NCR Country Club |
| 1968 | Julius Boros | United States | Pecan Valley Country Club |
| 1967 | Don January | United States | PGA National Golf Club |
| 1966 | Al Geiberger | United States | Firestone Country Club |
| 1965 | Dave Marr | United States | Laurel Valley Golf Club |
| 1964 | Bobby Nichols | United States | Columbus Country Club |
| 1963 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | Dallas Athletic Club |
| 1962 | Gary Player | South Africa | Aronimink Golf Club |
| 1961 | Jerry Barber | United States | Oakmont Country Club |
| 1960 | Jay Hebert | United States | Firestone Country Club |
| 1959 | Bob Rosburg | United States | Minneapolis Golf Club |
| 1958 | Dow Finsterwald | United States | Llanerch Country Club |
| 1957 | Lionel Hebert | United States | Miami Valley Golf Club |
| 1956 | Jack Burke Jr. | United States | Blue Hill Country Club |
| 1955 | Doug Ford | United States | Wackena Club |
| 1954 | Chick Harbert | United States | Keller Golf Course |
| 1953 | Walter Burkemo | United States | Birmingham Country Club |
| 1952 | Jim Turnesa | United States | Big Spring Country Club |
| 1951 | Sam Snead | United States | Oakmont Country Club |
| 1950 | Chandler Harper | United States | Scioto Country Club |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | United States | Hermitage Country Club |
| 1948 | Ben Hogan | United States | Riviera Country Club |
| 1947 | Jim Ferrier | Australia | Pittsburgh Field Club |
| 1946 | Ben Hogan | United States | Portland Golf Club |
| 1945 | Byron Nelson | United States | Moraine Country Club |
| 1944 | Bob Hamilton | USA | Manito Golf and Country Club |
| 1943 | Jim Turnesa | USA | Seaview Country Club |
| 1942 | Sam Snead | USA | Seaview Country Club |
| 1941 | Vic Ghezzi | USA | Cherry Hills Country Club |
| 1940 | Byron Nelson | USA | Hershey Country Club |
| 1939 | Henry Picard | USA | Pittsburgh Field Club |
| 1938 | Paul Runyan | USA | Shawnee Country Club |
| 1937 | Denny Shute | USA | Pittsburgh Field Club |
| 1936 | Denny Shute | USA | Pinehurst Resort |
| 1935 | Johnny Revolta | USA | Twin Hills Country Club |
| 1934 | Paul Runyan | USA | Park Country Club |
| 1933 | Gene Sarazen | USA | Blue Mound Country Club |
| 1932 | Olin Dutra | USA | Keller Golf Course |
| 1931 | Tom Creavy | USA | Wannamoisett Country Club |
| 1930 | Tommy Armour | Scotland | Fresh Meadow Country Club |
| 1929 | Leo Diegel | USA | Hillcrest Country Club |
| 1928 | Leo Diegel | USA | Five Farms at Baltimore Country Club |
| 1927 | Walter Hagen | USA | Cedar Crest Country Club |
| 1926 | Walter Hagen | USA | Salisbury Golf Links |
| 1925 | Walter Hagen | USA | Olympia Fields Country Club |
| 1924 | Walter Hagen | USA | French Lick Springs Hotel |
| 1923 | Gene Sarazen | USA | Pelham Country Club |
| 1922 | Gene Sarazen | USA | Oakmont Country Club |
| 1921 | Walter Hagen | USA | Inwood Country Club |
| 1920 | Jock Hutchison | Scotland | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1919 | Jim Barnes | England | Engineers Country Club |
| 1916 | Jim Barnes | England | Siwanoy Country Club |